Growing gender gap in hi-tech wages: 25% in 2006 

By Eynav Ben Yehuda  
Ha'aretz
March 5, 2006

Men earn almost 25% more than women peers in hi-tech, on average, 
according to Oketz Systems.

The company, which specializes in developing computer systems to 
manage and calculate manpower and wages, looked at the salaries 
of 3,500 hi-tech employees.

The study does not factor in seniority, education and hours of work. 
It looked only at the total wage of each respondent.

If anything, the Oketz survey found that the gender gap widened this 
year, compared with 2005, when the average gap was 22.6%.

Nobody is immune: Oketz found the gender gap in all job sectors 
they checked. 

The CEO of a hi-tech company grossed an average of NIS 37,821 
a month, if he was male. If female the average wage was 13% lower, 
Oketz found.

A male auditor averaged NIS 26,400 a month, which was 43% above 
what a female peer would make. 

Project managers didn't do any better, with males earning NIS 28,450 
on average each month, or 41% above the pay for women.

Moving onto systems engineering, men grossed an average of 
NIS 21,000 a month, while women earned almost 27% less. 

Development managers grossed NIS 32,700 unless they were female, 
in which case they averaged 15% less. 

Why is the situation worsening? Oketz points out that in 2006, 
wages in hi-tech have increased by an average of 5.6%, for men. 
For women the increase us 3.8%.  In other words, the raise for men 
was 50% higher.